Back in the Day: Photos from Hawaii’s Past














STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / MAY 1, 1961
Data processing chief Maj. Joel Schwartz, left, and Col. Charles R. Gregg, Pacific Air Forces statistical services chief, inspect one of four magnetic tape recording units that supply the memory for PACAF’s new electronic data processing brain.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / AUGUST 28, 1960
Margie, Carla and Judie, who were visiting Hawaii, enjoy a tour of Dole Pineapple Cannery in Iwilei.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / APRIL 4, 1977
Mark Ramos fishes for mullet in the time-honored Hawaiian way at Waialae Park, only a stone’s throw from the plush Kahala Hilton, Waialae Golf Course, Waialae Country Club and other representations of modern life.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / JUNE 1, 1988
Cars and cows don’t mix. When a driver for Town and Country Stables lost his load of cattle on the H-1 freeway near Makakilo, paniolo turned up to keep the hamburger-on-the-hoof from getting ground up by the traffic.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / NOVEMBER 16, 1961
Capitol Recording stars the Four Preps are greeted by Marilyn Adams, left, Linda Murakami and Irena Stenson after their arrival in Hawaii to headline a variety show at the International Festival. The event is being sponsored by the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 17, 1975
“One, two, and drop your knee,” says Al Gossan, the dance instructor, in rhythm to the loud, steady and insistent Latin music as the dancers move across the floor, stretching, slinking, spinning and sweating in the still, hot afternoon air.STAR-ADVERTISER ARCHIVE / SEPTEMBER 21, 1970
It’s a Republican year, says GOP gubernatorial candidate Samuel P. King, and he paraded with a baby elephant to prove it during the Old-Fashioned Political Rally at the Kapiolani Park bandstand.